Glossary

Data architecture

The definition of the data types and sources needed to support the business, expressed in a way stakeholders can understand.

The definition of the data types and sources needed to support the business, expressed in a way stakeholders can understand. It translates the ontological model into a governable information structure.

That it be expressed in terms the business understands is not a concession: if only the technical team can read it, decisions about which data matter end up being made by people who do not know the business.

Related terms

Data model

The structuring of business concepts into entities, attributes, relationships, domains, keys and referential integrity.

Master data

Shared reference entities consumed by multiple processes and systems, such as customer, supplier or product.

Metadata

Data describing other data: their meaning, origin, format, value domain, owner and usage.